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we deliver legal services to our clients in the most efficient and effective manner possible

experienced staff

...we have on board a highly experienced and professional team of solicitors and support staff...

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Trenches solicitors is a long established legal firm that has serviced the residents of Lismore and surrounding districts since the early 1900's.

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Ian Savins

....is a Senior Consultant to the firm, admitted firstly as a Barrister and then admitted to practice as a Solicitor with this firm since 5 December 1975. Mr Savins is qualified to practice law in NSW and Queensland and holds an appointment as an Arbitrator for the President of the Law Society of New South Wales. Mr Savins conducts an extensive commercial, probate and conveyancing practice.

Stephen Pinchin

....Partner, has been practising as a Solicitor since 15 June 1979, is a Law Society of New South Wales Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury and in Family Law. He is a qualified mediator who appears in all Courts including the Land and Environment Court and the State Industrial Commission.

Karen Hazan

...Partner, is experienced in the fields of Family Law, Employment Law, Industrial Law, Conveyancing and deceased estates. She is an accredited specialist in Family Law. Karen is admitted to practice in all Courts in New South Wales, the Federal Court and High Court of Australia.

Steven Bull

(B.App. Sc. LL.B., Grad. Dip. Leg. Prac.)

...Partner, is admitted to practice as a solicitor in all Courts in New South Wales and Queensland as well as the Federal Court and High Court of Australia. He has a strong background in Personal Injury Law, Workers Compensation and Environmental Law, planning and development. Steven also has a sound knowledge of town planning and local government policies, both at local and state level.

Brendan Ware

...Partner. Admitted as a solicitor and barrister in South Australia on 3 March 1997 and in New South Wales on 30 July 1998. Brendan began his legal career as an associate to von Doussa J of the Federal Court and has since spent many years in general commercial and litigation practice.

John Goodwin

John Goodwin was born at South Gundurimba and raised on a dairy farm. He then attended South Lismore Public School and later Lismore High School before going to Sydney University to obtain a Batchelor of Laws and Batchelor of Economics.

He joined McKenzie Cox in 1980 and has been with that firm ever since and has extensive experience in conveyancing, Wills, Probates and Leases and holds a Law Society Accreditation as a specialist in business law.

John's particular areas of focus are conveyancing, Wills and in particular Testamentary Trusts and more complex Wills and the general administration of Estates and Estate Planning.